Joseph Raz has been teaching in Oxford since 1972. He has held a chair in the philosophy of law since 1985, and has been a Research Professor since 2006. He has also held a professorship at Columbia University since 2002. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• I LAW AND AUTHORITY ; 1. Legitimate Authority ; 2. The Claims of Law ; II THE NATURE OF LAW AND NATURAL LAW ; 3. Legal Positivism and the Sources of Law ; 4. Legal Reason, Sources, and Gaps ; 5. The Identity of Legal Systems ; 6. The Institutional Nature of Law ; 7. Kelsen's Theory of the Basic Norm ; 8. Legal Validity ; III INTERNAL LEGAL VALUES ; 9. The Functions of Law ; 10. Law and Value in Adjudication ; 11. The Rule of Law and its Virtue ; IV MORAL ATTITUDES TO THE LAW ; 12. The Obligation to Obey the Law ; 13. Respect for Law ; 14. A Right to Dissent? I. Civil Disobedience ; 15. A Right to Dissent? II. Conscientious Objection ; V APPENDICES ; 16. The Purity of the Pure Theory ; 17. The Argument from Justice

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Joseph Raz has been teaching in Oxford since 1972. He has held a chair in the philosophy of law since 1985, and has been a Research Professor since 2006. He has also held a professorship at Columbia University since 2002. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• I LAW AND AUTHORITY ; 1. Legitimate Authority ; 2. The Claims of Law ; II THE NATURE OF LAW AND NATURAL LAW ; 3. Legal Positivism and the Sources of Law ; 4. Legal Reason, Sources, and Gaps ; 5. The Identity of Legal Systems ; 6. The Institutional Nature of Law ; 7. Kelsen's Theory of the Basic Norm ; 8. Legal Validity ; III INTERNAL LEGAL VALUES ; 9. The Functions of Law ; 10. Law and Value in Adjudication ; 11. The Rule of Law and its Virtue ; IV MORAL ATTITUDES TO THE LAW ; 12. The Obligation to Obey the Law ; 13. Respect for Law ; 14. A Right to Dissent? I. Civil Disobedience ; 15. A Right to Dissent? II. Conscientious Objection ; V APPENDICES ; 16. The Purity of the Pure Theory ; 17. The Argument from Justice

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Joseph Raz has been teaching in Oxford since 1972. He has held a chair in the philosophy of law since 1985, and has been a Research Professor since 2006. He has also held a professorship at Columbia University since 2002. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• I LAW AND AUTHORITY ; 1. Legitimate Authority ; 2. The Claims of Law ; II THE NATURE OF LAW AND NATURAL LAW ; 3. Legal Positivism and the Sources of Law ; 4. Legal Reason, Sources, and Gaps ; 5. The Identity of Legal Systems ; 6. The Institutional Nature of Law ; 7. Kelsen's Theory of the Basic Norm ; 8. Legal Validity ; III INTERNAL LEGAL VALUES ; 9. The Functions of Law ; 10. Law and Value in Adjudication ; 11. The Rule of Law and its Virtue ; IV MORAL ATTITUDES TO THE LAW ; 12. The Obligation to Obey the Law ; 13. Respect for Law ; 14. A Right to Dissent? I. Civil Disobedience ; 15. A Right to Dissent? II. Conscientious Objection ; V APPENDICES ; 16. The Purity of the Pure Theory ; 17. The Argument from Justice

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